The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-07-30
PERSONAL.

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Rev. r. P. Amber, formerly of Med
ford, Mass, is at Defuniac, Fla, but does
not preach.
z. L. Barnum celebrated his 77th birth.
day at Bridgeport, Conn, with clam
bake to thirty children, grandchildren
and great grandchildren.
Rev. J N. Emery, of Bellows Falls, VT,
on his return from Seneca, Kan, and the
burial Of his father, Thursday last, made
a call on the Western Branch. He re-
ports the Seneca parish in good condi-
ton and ready to settle pastor when the
right man appears.
Rev. J. B. Sheriff., of Jacksonville,
jackson county, Ala, is, reported by the
Herald as having embraced the doctrine
OF the Restitution, and preaching the
same as opportunity offers. He is an &C
complished teacher, and has been for q
number OF years, a Baptist minister.
Rev. w. E. Manley, D. d., of Denver,
visited Galesburg and Joliet last week,
and arrived in Chicago on Saturday. He
spent Sunday at Blue Island. DIR. Man
ley is in excellent health for one OF his
years. He will tarry week or two in
Chicago, and then go to Auburn, N. Y,
to visit his adopted daughter.
John G.. Whittier, ex-Govs. Claflin,
Rice, Long and others are preparing to
celebrate, July "a, the eeventy-eighth
birthday Of Rev. Edwin Thompson, the
veteran anti-slavery agitator and temper
ance advocate, who has been printing
"reminiscences in the Boston Traveller and
Commonwealth, years without number.
MIR. Thompson is one OF our Oldest min
listers. He was ordained in 1841.
DIR. and Mrs. o. 81. Conger and their
daughters, OF Pasadena, Gal, are the
guests of Rev. and Mrs. E. l.. ConQer, at
Galesburg. TIE doctor is one of the pio-
neers of Southern California, and has
done great deal to encourage and de-
velop the production Of citrous fruits.
He entered the San Gabriel Valley when
it was only sheep pasture, yielding
chiefly cacti and sage brush and has seen
it grow to be the "crown of the valley"
Tuesday evening, July 10, in the Nor
walk, O., Universalist church, F. Adolph
Schumacher, youngest son of Ferdinand
Schumacher, OF Akron, and Abby E.
Soule, Of Norwalk, were united in mar
risge by the Rev. 81. l.. Garfield. Al
though the invitations announced "no
presents" few magnificent ones were
received, among which was the beautiful
home which the bride and groom will
occupy as soon as completed, on Adolph
avenue in Akron, the gift Of Mr.. Ferd.
Schumacher, and valued at $4,000,
Rev. T. P. Abel, of Ohio, recently
preached in Notasulga, Ala. The Herald
gives him fraternal welcome, and says:
HE made good impression on the su-
dience, and we commend him to the
friends OF like precious faith, wherever
scattered abroad, and trust that they will
receive him cordially, and sustain him
promptly. He is DESTROYS of aiding in
building up our Zion in the South, and
will probably visit other points in Ala
bama, and some in Georgia. His name
has been familiar to us as a minister of
our faith for many years." gI
Mrs. Lucinda A. Livingston, widow OF
the late Prof. William Livingston, OF
Lombard University, died in Galesburg
on Wednesday, July 81. Mrs. Livingston
was the daughter of the late Harvey
Stillman, and was born in the State of
New York in 1929. but from childhood
has resided in Illinois. She was married
to Prof. Livingston in 1858. She was
loving and devoted mother, and woman
to whom her duty as she saw it was alb
solute law. The funeral occurred Friday
afternoon. A further tribute to her men,
DRY will appear in our next issue.
Mr.. O. W. Smith, fret Vice. President
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail.
road, and well known as one of our most
devoted Universalists, has now an office
in the Rialto building in Chicago, remov-
ing from Topeka. Mr.. Smith, according
to the Chicago Mail, is "a man of iron
nerve" "When travelling" adds the
MAIL" the engineer has never been known
to pull his car too fast. When on the
Chesapeake & Ohio, Of which he was gen.
eral manager for several years, he had
pet engineer. No other man on the line
could pilot him over the road just to his
satisfaction. Over the Allegheny & Blue
Ridge Mountains they would fairly fly
through tunnels and cuts and over hills
they would sail at rate of speed often
reaching sixty miles an hour. He has
been in almost countless number OF ac-
cidents during his thirty odd years of
railroad life, but has never received a
scratch"